Swiss Committee on Polar
and High Altitude Research
A Committee of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
High Altitude Research
Swiss Research Projects
| Prof. Urs Scherrer, CHUV, Université de Lausanne | Mechanisms of exaggerated hypoxic pulmonary hypertension: learning from high-risk subpopulations living at high altitude |
| Dr. Marco Maggiorini, Universitätsspital Zürich | Acclimatization mechanisms in high altitude pulmonary edema susceptible subjects during a slow ascent to 7500m |
| Prof. Rainer Wieler, Dept. Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich | Dating of Quaternary glaciation of the Tibetan Plateau |
| Prof. Urs Scherrer , CHUV, Université de Lausanne | Role of alveolar epthelial sodium transport in the pathognesis of pulmonary edema (completed project) |
| Prof. Heinz Blatter, Institut fur Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH Zürich | Flow modelling of firn-covered cold glaciers (completed project) |
Swiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research
Schwarztorstrasse 9
CH-3007 BERN
vera.kaufmann@scnat.ch
A project realised by
SCNAT - Swiss Academy of Sciences and
SAMS - Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
